Identifier
Created
Classification
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08ISLAMABAD3074
2008-09-20 16:13:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Islamabad
Cable title:  

SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT

Tags:  PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR 
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FM AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8896
INFO RUEHBUL/AMEMBASSY KABUL PRIORITY 9165
RUEHLO/AMEMBASSY LONDON PRIORITY 8727
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI PRIORITY 3799
RUEHKP/AMCONSUL KARACHI PRIORITY 0360
RUEHLH/AMCONSUL LAHORE PRIORITY 6102
RUEHPW/AMCONSUL PESHAWAR PRIORITY 4913
RHEHNSC/NSC WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RHMFISS/CDR USCENTCOM MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RHWSMRC/USCINCCENT MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUMICEA/USCENTCOM INTEL CEN MACDILL AFB FL PRIORITY
RUEKJCS/SECDEF WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
RUEAIIA/CIA WASHDC PRIORITY
C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 003074 

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2018
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
SUBJECT: SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT
MARRIOTT

Classified By: Anne W. Patterson for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).

C O N F I D E N T I A L ISLAMABAD 003074

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/20/2018
TAGS: PGOV PK PREL AMGT CACS ASEC PTER PINR
SUBJECT: SITREP 01, AMEMBASSY ISLAMABAD: EXPLOSION AT
MARRIOTT

Classified By: Anne W. Patterson for reasons 1.4 (b),(d).


1. (C) Post reports major explosion at 2000 hours (local
time) at the Marriott Hotel in downtown Islamabad. A car
bomb reportedly rammed the front gate of the Marriott,
setting fire to the hotel. The lobby leading into the
reception area was destroyed and multiple fires continue on
several floors.


2. (C) One ODRP individual is deceased. Official Americans
are injured and being treated on the Embassy Compound Medical
Unit and at local hospitals. Post is still accounting for
all official personnel now. Four ODRP personnel are listed
as injured; two are in local hospitals and two are being
treated at the Embassy medical unit. Two Regional Affairs
TDY Officers (RAO),staying on the upper floors of the hotel,
are still missing. Media reports at least 15 people trapped
in the hotel. The building's structural integrity has been
compromised, according to media reports.


3. (C) As of 2040 hours, unconfirmed reports indicated 40
unidentified individuals had been killed, and an
indeterminate number of unidentified individuals were
injured, including unspecified foreigners. Media report the
injured were being taken to the Polyclinic and Pakistan
Institute of Medical Sciences Hospitals.


4. (C) The Danish Embassy reports that one Danish official is
missing and another injured.


5. (C) Consulate Peshawar reports all official personnel are
accounted for. The Consul General is moving TDY personnel
out of the Pearl Continental Hotel into residences and
proceeding to lock down.

PATTERSON